Draft-yoke for railway-car draft-rigging.



G. A. JOHNSON.

DRAFT YOKE FOR RAILWAY CAB DRAFT HIGGINS.

"memo" mm SEPT. 1a. 1912.

1,192,203; Patented July 25, 1916.

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T all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Gnome A. JOHNSON,-

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in-the county of Cook and Stale of Illinois, have invented a. certain'new end useful Improvement. in Draft-Yokes for Railwn Car Drz ftlfiigging, of which the followin is a full, clear, concise, end exact descrip lion, referenee being had. to ihes0 rnnipanying drawings, forming a pert of his specification.

My invention relates to improvements in draft yokes for raiiwny' car draft rigging. T he object of my invention is to provide a draft; yoke (:epeble of being made-of d1 1- rable materiei, one from. which the drawbar is readily" detachable-and one of safeand cheap construction.

.d.rait yoke enihodving my invention.

In the drewings forming a part of the SifiRifiCfitlOIl, Figure l is a plan View n lg.

2 is e sideeievation there-of.

volce is provided zit its inner rear end with:

ihc fillerblock'fi riveted to member 5; At

1 their forward ends, ;the upper and lower limbs}! and 4 respectively are joined by a Bpecification 0i Letters Patent.

7 their rezir end with an upper wind lower shoulder 13 and 14 respectively-"(3o,v eng the front follower and hold-the followers plying the same to a-railwny car or removing it iherefrom. The loops and-the Patented Jul 25,1915. v se nmnos m n seii fcmb'er 12,1912. Sci-la] No. 720,151.

:45. and compressiomresisting membe rs'in as sembled position within theuyoke upon ap- Upon rearwardnio'vezncnt of the draw-bar} the coupler key will-not be subject to strain, as the draw-bar. will, directly engage the front follower or herbs withint-he yoke.

I ciaim:

1. A vertical draft yoke for draft riggings which consists of a V siantlally U shape, the upper and lower being of substantially IV shape with 'i;

apex thereof extended forwardlyfthefer rangement being such thahfl rheresaid' connect with the nrrns'oi the strap, V shaped recesses are formed with the apmesthereof;

extended rearwardly at the tpp d t m? of the yoke. ,5. I

2. A metallic yoke eoinpris'ing'two parallel bars united attheir real-ends and their having n web and a V-shaped flange with'a bearing at the apex fore hey, said arms ing spaced apart to reeeive the end "of-n draw bar between them, t'he-erosssectionel areas of the metal in the arms between: the points (apices) and the pointswhere the arms merge with; the bars-being substaniiallythe same;

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opposite ends merged mm arms, each arm" 

